The University of California announced today (July 22) that it has offered an all-time record number of incoming students a spot on at least one of its nine undergraduate campuses for the 2019-20 academic year.

Seven UC early-career faculty and researchers named Pew Scholars

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Do your palms sweat when you walk down a poorly lit street at night? Newly minted Pew Scholar and UCSF assistant professor of psychiatry Mazen Kheirbek is working on understanding that feeling, which may be traced to “anxiety” cells deep inside your brain.

Five exceptional early-career faculty and two postdoctoral researchers from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA and UC San Francisco have been named 2019 Pew Scholars, a prestigious honor that comes with multiyear research funding aimed at advancing human health.

“Pew is steadfastly committed to supporting talented researchers working to unveil the mechanisms of biology and disease,” said Rebecca W. Rimel, Pew’s president and CEO, in announcing the awards. “Investing in these scholars at the beginning stages of their careers, when financial resources may be limited, can help drive significant scientific discoveries.”

Dr. Almeida-Filho will explore how navigational information is encoded in brain regions associated with spatial memory as he continues his postdoctoral training with the lab of Alcino J. Silva, Ph.D., at UCLA.